State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) will be hosting Coffee and Conversation events throughout the 95th district to meet with constituents, hear their feedback, and provide updates on...
The Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to offer a one-year dispatching services agreement for the Gillespie-Benld Ambulance Service at a cost of $12,000....
The Benld City Council on Tuesday night approved an annual appropriations ordinance projecting expenditures of up to $1,818,422.76 for the current fiscal year. The meeting was...
Members of the Gillespie City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a new appropriations ordinance to govern spending during the current fiscal year. Though not...
Former district teacher Steve Joyce made an impassioned plea to the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night urging the board to...
The Benld City Council on Monday night saw the swearing-in of recently re-elected aldermen and officers but otherwise dealt with routine business during a relatively brief...
A newly seated Gillespie City Council on Monday night got its first glimpse of a proposed ordinance to govern the use of fireworks within the city...
At the direction of the Macoupin County Board, the county’s website now has a single page for information and applications for any licenses and permits a...
Benld City Council members on Monday night approved Mayor Jim Kelly’s appointment of Ald. John Balzraine to serve as the council’s liaison to the Benld Public...
With just a 17 percent county-wide turnout in last week’s consolidated election, Benld voters decided to keep Jim Kelly as mayor and Gillespie voters elected two...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced the recipients for the 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Public Infrastructure....
An eyesore marring downtown Benld for nearly a decade may be removed in the near future as a result of action taken by the Benld City...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night accepted the resignation of long-serving City Attorney Kevin Polo, approved an environmentally friendly bee-keeping project at the...
Contributed content from the Illinois House Republicans Today Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 3653 into law. This bill, opposed by every law enforcement organization in...
Benld City Council members voted Monday night to amend the city ordinance requiring inspections of residential rental properties and voted unanimously to purchase a pump to...
Members of the Gillespie City Council voted Monday night to draft a “letter of support” authorizing Peace Corps Fellow Ethan Fogg to initiate work on a...
Lifelong Benld Resident, Lindsay Bearden, 35, is challenging current Benld Mayor Jim Kelly in the upcoming consolidated election scheduled for April 6. Lindsay is the daughter...
At the request of the U.S. Department of Defense, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has activated approximately 500 Illinois National Guard members in support of the continued...
The 48th Legislative District Committee met on Tuesday, January 26 to select the finalists for interviews to fill the vacancy in nomination after State Senator Andy...
The consolidated election on April 6 will have a handful of contested races in the BenGil area. Voters heading to the polls or voting by mail...
